Profile  

Profile

Twelve years experience in IT, including the five years designing and developing enterprise web applications, for companies such as Channel Four and Avon Cosmetics.

Sun Certified Java Programmer with over five years experience with the Java language and enterprise-level development.

Expertise in a number of Java-based application servers, including BEA WebLogic and ATG Dynamo.

Experience in end-user training and the development of IT course material.

Technical author; [snip] Media have had fifteen articles published in the United States, the United Kingdom and Denmark. 

Core Skills 

 PROJECTS 

December 2002  – [snip]

Designed and developed an interactive website for a small letting agency based in Oxford. The site allows information on available lettings and tenants seeking accommodation, to be updated by the office staff. The site is built using the Jakarta Struts framework components running on top of a MySQL database server. 

October 2002 - December 2002 – [snip]

Design, development and maintenance of E-procurement system. Involved database and business logic design. Development of Java servlets, JSP pages, tag libraries and Oracle PL/SQL modules. The system runs under Jakarta Tomcat and IBM Websphere. Developed JUNIT tests and ANT build scripts. 

September 2002 October 2002 - [snip]

Performance tuning and enhancements for the ‘StarTrader’ web application. Implemented new functionality, under Weblogic and Oracle 9i.  Developed Ant scripts to automate the application build process.  Authored documentation, including deployment and user guide. 

April 2002 – August 2002

Projects and consultancy roles, using J2EE, JBoss, Oracle and the Struts framework. Enhancing J2EE design and development experience through self-study and live projects carried out for companies in London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Enhancing multimedia production skills through self-directed learning.  Technical writing assignments, covering Java and XML

Further details available on request. 

February 2001 – April 2002 - Nokia UK

Carried out maintenance work on EJBs and Oracle PL/SQL modules.

Designed and developed bespoke application to generate EJB calls from XML control documents.

Carried out analysis and design work for the Nokia Wireless Internet platform, using the Rational Rose Enterprise Suite, and the Unified Modelling Language (UML).

Used UML Use Cases and Sequence Diagrams to model the event flow for the JSP/servlet presentation tier.

Developed user interface and middle-tier components using Java servlets, and Java Server Pages running on WebLogic.

Designed and developed automated test scripts using the JUnit test environment.

Developed user interface for mobile server platform, JSP, Servlets, JavaScript and XSL/XSLT. 

Designed and coded SOAP interfaces using the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). 

October 2000 – January 2001 - NextCard UK Limited

Constructed key areas of the NextCard UK multi-tiered e-Commerce website using ATG Dynamo, JSP, servlets, JHTML and JBuilder; connecting to a back end Oracle 9i server using JDBC.

Developed web-based credit card application forms, running on the ATG Dynamo server.

Developed web-based credit card balance transfer forms, running on the ATG Dynamo server.

Aided in the design and development of credit reference system; using XML feed linking to Equifax.

Designed and built an internal marketing system using ATG Dynamo components, JSP, JHTML, servlets and JBuilder, connecting to an Oracle 8i server using JDBC.

Maintained a number of internal systems communicating with third party organisations using XML data.

Carried out investigations into replacing business layer components with EJBs. 

February 1999 – October 2000 - Doctors.Net

Carried out investigation into content management and personalization, using Allaire Cold Fusion

Developed a medical news application using Lotus Domino and Java

Developed a web-based career service using Lotus Domino and Java

Developed a mail transfer program in Java, to facilitate moving to a new Internet Service Provider.

Managed a number of projects to convert a series of medical text books into searchable XML web documents. Integrated system with Lotus Domino server

Designed and developed a secure login system using Java and XML

Designed and developed an interface to a third party medical search engine using Java and XML

Developed a web interface for the site email system using the Apache Web Server          

Designed an online statistics website using the UML.

Developed an online statistics website using JSP, and EJBs connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server database, via JDBC

Authored user guide and instruction HTML pages in the use of the online statistics website. 

March 1998 – January 1999 - BUPA

Revamped main web site in preparation for a new marketing campaign.

Designed and developed a live news feed system using Java, SQL Server and ASP.

Created new search pages for the BUPA web site using Java and the Microsoft Index Server.

Redesigned and coded the contact pages using Java and ASP, enabling requests for information were recorded on an SQL server database.

Constructed the test suite during the development of an intranet booking system; writing test plans. Project Manager for Y2K Strategy Planning and Implementation 

July 1992 – March 1998 - RCP Limited.

Updated a financial analysis package to run under the latest version of Windows, using C and C++

Designed the software and data model for a manuscript tracking application, then took on the role of project manager.

Authored user manuals and tutorial guides for the software, and a paper on automated manuscript tracking, which was published in a European journal.

Developed and maintained a number of in-house management systems for tasks such as quality management, purchase order processing, training records and discussion forums using Lotus Notes.

Developed live news feed system for a foreign exchange dealing system.

Designed and delivered Java and HTML training courses.

Created a large intranet site using server-based Java applications (servlets), JavaScript, HTML and SQL. 

[snip]

Authored sixteen published articles for [snip] Publications plc; covering a range of IT related subjects, though specialising mainly in the use of Enterprise Java and the Internet

Authored a number of reviews for commercial development packages and PC enhancement utilities. 

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